Faculty in the News - Archive

Monday, September 26, 2005

Dean Karen H. Rothenberg

The Daily Record – Nine law students from the New Orleans area are taking classes this semester at the School of Law. Karen H. Rothenberg, JD, dean of the School of Law, said she expects students who attend Tulane and Loyola New Orleans law schools will get to return, but she's trying to stay flexible in the event their home schools remain closed.

Monday, September 26, 2005

Professor Michael Greenberger

Time (Oct 3), CNN (Sept 26) – A TIME magazine inquiry finds that the Bush administration is putting connections before experience regarding top positions in some vital government agencies. Michael Greenberger, JD, a professor at the School of Law and director of the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security, says about the nomination of Julie Myers to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Expectations were high that whoever was appointed to fill the job would be "a very high-powered, well-recognized intelligence manager."

Monday, September 26, 2005

The School of Law

The Daily Record – The School of Law recently held part one of its Medical Malpractice Conference with Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch, Sen. Brian E. Frosh and the governor's deputy legislative officer, Donald J. Hogan Jr. They articulated their differences during a panel discussion.

Monday, September 26, 2005

Professor Larry Gibson

WBAL-TV Ch 11 – State officials unveiled the new logo for Baltimore-Washington International Airport, which will be named in honor of Thurgood Marshall beginning Oct. 1. "Marshall rejected racism. He rejected discrimination. He didn't reject Baltimore," said Larry Gibson, JD, a professor at the School of Law, in response to criticism that the first black justice on the Supreme Court abandoned his native Baltimore.

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Professor Michael Greenberger

The Washington Post, and 12 more newspapers - President Bush is calling on Congress to consider a larger role for U.S. armed forces in responding to natural disasters. But Michael Greenberger, JD, director of the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security and a professor in the School of Law, says the National Response Plan that was unveiled last winter already gives local military commanders the authorization and approval "to respond to requests of civil authorities" for "immediate response" needs.